A grieving widower enters a filthy game show—what could possibly go right?
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a vulgar, wildly popular game show (for which his wife signed him up) and watches his life start to change for the better.
Acting
Thewlis turns humiliation into heartbreaking dignity.
Writing
Dialogue that swings from gutter to genuinely tender.
Direction
Thewlis directs himself with surprising restraint.
Director
David Thewlis
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